Claudia in Cherryville, North Carolina, grew up hearing her grandmother call those spring-yellow flowers jonquils, not daffodils. In botanical terms, daffodil is the broader common name for flowers in the genus Narcissus, while a jonquil is one...
In Leonardo da Vinci, biographer Walter Isaacson notes that da Vinci was fond of riddles, including this one: Winged creatures will support people with their feathers. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Da Vinci Riddle”...